ill will
Malice toward another
Ill will is hostile or unfriendly feeling toward someone, often harbored over time: She bore him ill will after the lawsuit.
The phrase suggests a settled disposition rather than momentary anger—a quiet resentment or wish for someone's misfortune.
It appears frequently in legal contexts regarding malicious intent.
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- ax to grindHidden personal grievance
- bone to pickComplaint requiring confrontation
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
bitter pill · rancor · spite · resentment · chip on shoulder · hatred · hostility · enmity · no love lost · acrimony · malice · vindictiveness · schadenfreude · bad blood · malevolence · bad faith · antagonism · bad vibes
- aversionaversion, disgust, hatred, repulsion, loathing
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- bad bloodanimosity, hostility, enmity, resentment, grudge
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- hostilityanimosity, hostility, antagonism, belligerence, malice
- resentmentresentful, grudge, bitterness, rancor, spite
ill willgoodwill
Kindly, generous spirit
benevolence · fondness · affection · kindness · warmth
ill willgoodwill
Kindly, generous spirit
amity · harmony · friendship · amicability · forgiveness
willing, unwilling, goodwill, willingly, willingness, unwillingness, unwillingly, ill-tempered, ill-favored